linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… … Universalium
Deletion (phonology) — Sound change and alternation Metathesis Quantitative metathesis … Wikipedia
Control (linguistics) — In linguistics, a control construction (also called equi NP deletion) is a clause that contains a main clause (or matrix clause), the predicate of which has two complements an embedded clause (or subordinate clause) complement and a nominal… … Wikipedia
Forensic linguistics — is a field of applied linguistics involving the relationship between language, the law, and crime.The range of topics within forensic linguistics is diverse but research occurs in the following areas. The language of the legal texts This area… … Wikipedia
Coalescence (linguistics) — In linguistics, coalescence is a phonological process by which a sound is affected by both the processes of assimilation and deletion.This can be seen in the Middle English process of ng coalescence (see Phonological history of English… … Wikipedia
Assimilation (linguistics) — Sound change and alternation Metathesis Quantitative metathesis … Wikipedia
Constituent (linguistics) — In syntactic analysis, a constituent is a word or a group of words that functions as a single unit within a hierarchical structure. Phrases (noun phrases, verbal phrases, etc.) are usually constituents of a clause, but clauses may also be… … Wikipedia
Choctaw language — Choctaw Chahta Spoken in United States Region Southeastern Oklahoma and east central Mississippi, and into Louisiana and Tennessee Native speakers … Wikipedia
John Grinder — Infobox Linguist region = era = color = #B0C4DE name = John Grinder image size = image caption = John Grinder birth = 1940 United States death = school tradition = Linguistics main interests = Transformational grammar, NLP modeling, Cybernetic… … Wikipedia
Ottawa dialect — Ottawa Nishnaabemwin, Daawaamwin Spoken in Canada, United States Region Ontario, Michigan, Oklahoma Ethnicity Ottawa people … Wikipedia
